I usually don't think to snap photos of anything I make, so I'm awful glad that Kevin Conn made a special request to see more of Lava-Roid.

When I can, I like to continue the art around the edges of the "canvas" (y'know, the chunk o' wood). I was having so much fun drawing the flame, it goes all the way around onto the back where it morphs into the kind of design you'd see on a 80's Firebird Trans Am. I wanted to keep it sticking straight up, but there's no way it would have survived more than 5 minutes in my studio.

Above is an extreme close-up. What LR lacks in layers, he makes up for in strong graphic shapes and eye-searing red. Speaking of shapes, LR's bean-shaped body was unbelievably fun to draw. Not to mention his hero pose.

Last, we've got the top-down view. It's probably not a surprise that the lava area took the longest to work out. I tried a couple different tricks and a bunch of different papers trying to get the atmospheric effects working on the faded leg and volcano ridge. As usual, in the end the simplest solution worked the best. I just had to find the right color to appear misty.

Strong With This One #wip.
Apparently, wood paper is a thing. I mean, of course paper made of wood isn’t new, but wood sliced so thin as to be paper seems to be. At least to me. It’s very handy for building faces, along with a pretty bronze-ish chiyogami for a shiny shadow
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So many pieces, so many cuts. #wip for a new piece in the Paper Heroes show that just opened in Israel. It's nice to get a chance to work with bright colors again. It's been awhile
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"Paper Heroes" goes live tomorrow, October 5,2017 at the old Jaffa Museum in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Paper cutting, origami, curling, paper sculpture and many more techniques have been employed by an international group of 36 artists, scattered across 3 continents, to depict or comment on their heroes or the idea of heroism.
I've got a couple pieces in the exhibition that run to the colorful, vibrant side of my art. There's even brand new work that speaks to my ideas of heroism on a couple of different levels, from the very tiny and personal to the massively galactic, from a long time ago to the immediate now.
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Ginza Gallery G2's Monochrome 12square exhibition lasts just one more day. One more chance to check out some astounding, mostly B&W artwork by a whole bunch of cool, talented creators. Myself included. In fact, you can actually see my work in these pics!
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Monochrome 12square at Ginza Gallery G2. Open now until August 15th! Drop on by to Tokyo, Chuo-ku, Ginza 1-9-8 岡野ビル 1F and check out a huge variety of amazing work by a ton of super talented folk, including myself ( though my art isn't in this photo, so you don't have to hunt for it just yet...)
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monochrome12square is open at Ginza Gallery G2 in Ginza, Tokyo until August 15, 2017. A collection of amazing work from a wide variety of artists, all ties together by the small square format and the (mostly) black and white art. I hope you can stop on by!
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